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Antonyms for lyings
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lahy-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪ ɪŋ |
Definition of lyings
Origin :- early 13c., action of lie (v.2) "to recline." Lying-in "being in childbed" is attested from mid-15c.
- As in libel : noun purposeful lie about someone, often malicious
- As in mendacity : noun insincerity
- As in phoniness : noun insincerity
- As in tergiversation : noun equivocation
- As in traducement : noun libel
- As in vilification : noun libel
- As in deception : noun misleading; being dishonest
- As in equivocation : noun avoidance of an issue
- He has developed a moral nature, made laws, and by the sheer force of his will and reason curbed his lyings and his lusts.
- Extract from : « The Kempton-Wace Letters » by Jack London
- One lays the book down sick at heart—sick for life with all its “lyings and its lusts.”
- Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London
- There were also envyings, lyings, strifes and divisions, which caused much trouble and sorrow.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt » by Parley Parker Pratt
Synonyms for lyings
- ambidexterity
- ambidextrous
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- artificiality
- aspersion
- backhanded
- beguilement
- betrayal
- blarney
- boondoggle
- calumniation
- calumny
- casuistry
- character assassination
- cheat
- circumvention
- coloring
- con
- cop out
- cover
- cover-up
- cozenage
- craftiness
- cunning
- deceit
- deceitful
- deceitfulness
- deception
- deceptive
- deceptiveness
- defamation
- defraudation
- delusion
- denigration
- detraction
- devious
- dirt
- disinformation
- disingenuous
- disingenuousness
- dissembling
- dissimulating
- dissimulation
- distortion
- double
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- double-dealing
- doubtfulness
- dupery
- duplicitous
- duplicity
- equivocality
- equivocation
- equivoque
- euphemism
- evasion
- evasive
- faithless
- fake
- fallacy
- false
- falsehood
- falsification
- fast one
- fib
- fibbing
- flimflam
- fraud
- fraudulence
- guile
- hedge
- hedging
- hokum
- hollow
- hypocrisy
- hypocritical
- imposition
- insincerity
- juggling
- legerdemain
- lie
- line
- lying
- malicious
- mendacious
- mendacity
- misrepresentation
- obloquy
- perfidious
- phony
- pretense
- pretentious
- prevarication
- put-on
- quibbling routine
- run-around
- scandal
- shifty
- shuffle
- shuffling
- slander
- slick
- sly
- smear
- snide
- snow job
- song
- song and dance
- sophism
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stall
- stonewall
- tergiversation
- traducement
- treachery
- treason
- trickery
- trickiness
- trumpery
- two-faced
- unfaithful
- untrue
- untruth
- untruthful
- untruthfulness
- vilification
- vituperation
- waffle
- weasel word
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